Fred Frith

Guitarist Fred Frith is one of the most celebrated and influential figures in the world of improvisational and avant-garde music. Capable of artful and technically skillful performances, Frith has earned his reputation as an artist also willing to approach the guitar in unconventional ways in pursuit of new sounds and unusual tonal colors, sometimes building his own makeshift instruments to better facilitate the use of percussive techniques. Given his versatility in approaching melodic and dissonant sounds at will, Frith has not only created a large body of work as a solo arti...